Real Idioms Archive - Mixed Idioms

Put the cart before the horse

To set a hare running

Making mincemeat of something

To make short work / quick work / light work of something

The chickens have come home to roost

No skin off my nose

Jack of all trades

Jack of all trades, master of none.

It ain’t over until the fat lady sings

The writing on the wall

Making money hand over fist

Put (something) on the back burner

You don’t have the balls

Pluck up the courage

Deer in the headlights

Strike while the iron’s hot

Keep / have (something) in one’s back pocket

Have / keep something up one’s sleeve

Reinvent the wheel

Run down the clock

Pros and Cons

The Cat’s Pyjamas

The Bee’s Knees

To put a bomb under it

Throw (someone) a curve ball

You don’t need to be a brain surgeon to understand this